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chain drives

...(wheels with teeth shaped to mesh with a chain) take the place of gears and drive one another by means of a chain passing over the sprocket teeth. The chains used in conveyor belts are commonly
block chains, and consist of solid or laminated blocks connected by side plates and pins. The blocks engage with teeth on sprocket wheels. Depending on the material being moved, buckets, hooks, or...

description

...one another by means of the chain passing over the sprocket teeth. (A sprocket is a wheel with teeth shaped to mesh with the chain; see Figure 2.) The chains used in conveyor belts are commonly
block chains, which consist of solid or laminated blocks connected by side plates and pins. (See Figure 3.) The blocks engage with teeth on sprocket wheels. Depending on the material being moved,...